Autist’s Corner
* Why Are So Many Awesome Bloggers Named Amanda?
‘You lose initiative; you become afraid to try something before you’ve been told how to do it, because you’re used to the teacher/therapist/whomever criticizing your attempts, telling you “No, that’s wrong” whenever you do something that differs even a little bit from the response they’re looking for.’

I’M SOMEWHERE ELSE
* They hate you. Yes, you.
“The only reason they’re not about me is that I’m old and verbal enough to not be vulnerable to that kind of abuse. They would be all too happy to practice it on me if they could. Autistic people do not get abused because they are low-functioning, they get abused because they do weird things.”

Rage Against the Man-chine
* Getting your eyebrows waxed only makes you a fag if there are no tits involved. (Part 1)
“What the geniuses who own the Alpha Male Barber Spa have figured out is that men, who are falling prey to the machinations of the beauty industry in ever greater numbers these days, have been longing for a way to go metro without the taint of faggotism that surrounds traditional salons or barber shops in gay neighborhoods…These men need tits and football with their vanity services.”

Reclusive Leftist
* Fear of women
“Dig it: the Stupak amendment and the Palin witch-burning are the same fucking thing.”

* Why right-wing populism works
“The Republicans have also pulled off one of the greatest propaganda coups in American history, and that’s convincing working-class folks that Republican economic policies are good for the little guy…They took people’s natural suspicion of The Powers That Be and re-directed it to the government. Re-directed it away from the profiteers, away from the rich white businessmen and bankers. Away from themselves.”

The Tao of Chaos
* There’s Nothing Inside
“There’s only my mind, and only I am in it. Piece by piece, I disown that anger. Inch by inch, I am free.”